Chair for railroad-rails



-"No.752,430. 'PATENTED FEB. 16, 1904.

' J. B. WEAVER.

CHAIR FOR RAILROAD RAILS.

ABPLIGATION FILED DEG, 7, 1903.

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CHAIR FOR RAILROAD-RAILS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart orraei s Patent No. 752,430, dated. February 16,1904. Application filed December 7,1903. Serial No. 184,072. on model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAooB BELVILLEWEA- VER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chairs for Railroad-Rails, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved chair for railroads. I

An object of the invention is to provide a two-part chair of improved construction to admit of being more securely spiked to the cross-tie and in which the rail will be securely held and the two rails of the track prevented from spreading.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is an end view of the chair applied to a rail. Fig. 2 is a top view of the two parts of a chair in the position they have on a rail; but the rail is not shown. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one part-the primary partof the chair. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the two parts of the chair in position. Fig. 5 shows the chair with flanges to serve as a substitute for the usual fish-plates and also shows an end of a rail in the chair. Fig. 6 is a side view of two rail ends and the form of chair seen in Fig. 5.

The chair comprises two separable partsthe primary part and the secondary part B. The primary part has a base a, on which the rail is to be seated, and along one side of the base is an upward-curved hook or flange a, which takes over one side of the foot or base of the rail O. The lower or under side of this base a is provided with one or two, in

the present instance two, cross-bars or feet 71, each of which has an end 5 projecting outwardly beyond the side of the upwardlycurved hook at, and said end 5 serves for engagement of a spike 6 The said cross-bars or feet support the base a above the cross-tie and leave a space between the said base and cross-tie to receive the base 0? of. the secondary part B. Spike-holes 0 are in the base a, and a hole opens down through each one of the said cross-bars. Thus one or more spikes may be driven down through the base of the chair into the cross-tie, and the rail C will cover the head of such spike.

The secondary part B of the chair-has a base consisting of a plurality of lateral prongs cl, separated by spaces wide enough to receive the cross-bars or feet Z of the other part A. In the present instance there are three prongs; but there may be two or four. The bottom plan view of the secondary 'part (see Fig. 4) shows how the two parts of the chair interlock together. The lateral prongs are attached to an upwardly-curved hook or flange e, which is to take over the rail-base on the edge opposite that over which the hook a takes. The said lateral prongs d of the base of part B are longer than the width of the base of the other part A, and when said lateral prongs d are slipped below the base a their extremities (5 will project on the opposite side. These extremities have spike-holes to receive spikes driven into the cross-ties.

Two styles of these chairs may be employed. The style shown in Figs. 1 to 4: has just been described and is applicable to any part of the rail. The style shown in Figs. 5 and 6 has the same features in all respects as the firstnamed, but has a slight additional feature to wit, vertical or upward-projecting flanges a 6 attached, respectively, to the two curved hooks or flanges a b. a 6 take against the vertical walls of the web of the rail C and overlap the joint at the end of two rails, as shown in Fig. 6, and bolts f pass through the said vertical flanges and through the rail and secure the parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire'to secure by Letters Patent, is' j 1. The herein-described chair for rails comprising two separable parts, one part, A, having abase on which the rail is to be seated and along one side of said base an upwardcurved hook or flange, a, and said base provided on its under side with one or more crossbars or feet and the other part, B, having a plurality of lateral prongs separated by spacessaid prongs being below the base of the first-named part and the spaces occupied by the cross-bars or feet thereof, and an up: wardly-curved hook or flange, e, attached to said prongsand said prongs being longer than the width of the base of said first-named These vertical flanges partand adapted to be secured to a cross-tie by spikes.

2. A chair for railroad-rails comprising two separable parts, one part having a base provided with spike-holes, 0, which are covered by the rail when the latter is in position, and

said base also provided along one side with an separable parts, one part, A, having a base on which the rails is to be seated and an upward-curved hook extending along one side of said base and said hook provided with a a vertical flange, a and said base provided on its under side with one or more cross-bars or feet, 6, each having an end, Z2, for engaging a spike, and the other part, B, having a plurality of prongs below the base of the firstnamed part and the extremities, cl, of said prongs projecting beyond said base and an upwardly-curved hook-attached to said prongs and provided with a vertical flange, 6 as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JACOB BELVILLE WEAVER. Witnesses: CHAS. B. MANN,

G. FERDINAND Voe'r. 

